Accident repair!

[Dobermann]

I had a little whoosidaisey in january on my way back to school on the 400 north of toronto. A guy in an explorer came over and rear ended my friend, and then hit the guard rail, and then i slid into her too.

Anyways, Heres some pics

Where I crashed.


At my residence
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Then my friends came down with a jeep and we tried to straighten things the best we could




Once I got it back to my garage at home




New rad, installed less than 3 months ago


Welding on the new rad support






Coming out for a bath






All done! Basically a brand new car in the front section.

[JoshM]

Great job! Everything looks to be lined up like brand new

[Tippey764]

The car looks great. Good job. Did you do the painting yourself?

[Dobermann]

Thanks guy!

We had initially considered trying to straighten out the rad support, but then when a new one is only $130 it would be crazy not to. All the parts (minus the headlights) are all Carquest/Napa or OEM factory parts.

The painting was done by a local shop that my parents have has work done at before. I don't mind doing little spots here and there on my own, but after spending all that money on those parts I didn't want to ruin it with the low rent paint job that I would have done.

[Dobermann]

Any other comments/questions/concerns?

[qbodsyt]

very nice, its great you didn't give up on her and got her recovered so fast

[XINSANEJDMX]

looks sweet! love it.

[wherm]

why does your bumper bar look so crooked in the 3rd-5th pics from the bottom? The bumper cover seems to fit great, just was thinking maybe it wasn't mounted on properly in those pics and readjusted later??? Just wondering cause there's no way the bumper cover would fit as good as it does with the bar that crooked

Looks like you did a really nice repair! Mad props from this body guy!

[XINSANEJDMX]

why does your bumper bar look so crooked in the 3rd-5th pics from the bottom? The bumper cover seems to fit great, just was thinking maybe it wasn't mounted on properly in those pics and readjusted later??? Just wondering cause there's no way the bumper cover would fit as good as it does with the bar that crooked

Looks like you did a really nice repair! Mad props from this body guy!

oh i see! good eye! right under the grille right?

[RagingAsian]

Pretty nice repair and I am with Wherm.

[crazymikey]

Fantastic job! Car looks beautiful.

That 400 is such a shit highway. I used to have to drive it every day from Newmarket to just south of Burl's Creek, and from Hwy 9 to Keele.

Accident Alley as they call it.

[Dobermann]

The bumper was just on with one bolt on each side, it had to come off again to put the cover again anyways.

[Daniel_Senegal]

How much would it cost to repaint the whole car?

[F20A CB7]

is that your dad in the last pic? he looks proud!

anywho my cbs 2nd crash looks like your front end + the driver side inner wheel well was pushed in. im glad that didnt happen to you.

[Dobermann]

is that your dad in the last pic? he looks proud!

anywho my cbs 2nd crash looks like your front end + the driver side inner wheel well was pushed in. im glad that didnt happen to you.

Yeah it is! He was really happy with how it turned out. It is a family car. My great grandma(his grandma) bought it new in 1991, so he remembers driving it then and it looks almost the same now. If it had been just some car I had bought as transportation, I would have scrapped it. This car has sentimental value though. Plus I love having the car look mint and being beside guys in 5th and 6th gens in traffic that have rust on their cars and seeing how baffled they are at the condition.

I had the rad support, hood, and bumper cover painted and it cost about $550 CDN. A whole car would be around $1500-$2000 for a legit shop to paint it. Some places go cheaper if you sand and prime, or with single stage paints.